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02/05/2013 (Bangkok Post) - Democrat MPs have stepped up pressure on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to introduce urgent measures to help farmers who are facing falling rubber and palm oil prices.

02/05/2013 (Malaya) - Hong Kong-based First Pacific Co. Ltd. is set to invest in Philippine agriculture this year, particularly in the production of cash crops.

01/05/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged higher on Tuesday after a near 2 percent loss the previous day, but gains were limited by falling exports and investor caution ahead of a holiday.

01/05/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil gained, paring a third monthly decline, after soybeans rallied as demand for U.S. supplies increased on slowing exports from Brazil, poised to be the world’s largest grower this year.

01/05/2013 (The Nation) - Univanich Palm Oil, one of the country's leading palm-oil producers and its largest exporter of crude palm oil, is expanding into Asean with its first investment in the Philippines.

01/05/2013 (Philippine Information Agency) - The Philippine Palm Oil Development Council Inc. (PPDCI) says oil palm can be the answer to economic development in the country.

01/05/2013 (Bloomberg) - Global production of oilseeds this season may be larger than forecast a month ago because of bigger-than-expected supplies of soybeans and rapeseed, Oil World said.

01/05/2013 (Radio New Zealand International) - A Papua New Guinea NGO says the idea of another palm oil producer establishing itself in the country is not a good idea.

01/05/2013 (Solomon Times Online) - Landowners at the Guadalcanal Plantation Palm Oil Limited, GPPOL, have threatened to close off access to their land due to the company's failure to meet their demands.

01/05/2013 (The Star) - Rantau Simfoni Sdn Bhd director Zamani Hamdan, 51, was slapped with an RM1mil fine by the Sessions Court here after it convicted him of trading in oil palm futures contracts without a licence.

01/05/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oils are likely to drop at retail levels after importers sold palmolein at lower rates for delivery later in May.

01/05/2013 (Philippine Information Agency) - The Philippine Palm Oil Development Council Inc. (PPDCI) discussed the economic progress brought about by planting and exporting palm oil and its health and environmental benefits in the recently concluded 8th National Palm Oil Congress here.